Small business development minister Lindiwe Zulu has suspended nine officials for alleged involvement in corruption and fraudulent activities
Small business development minister Lindiwe Zulu has suspended nine officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and fraudulent activities. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
Chairperson of the portfolio committee on small business development Ruth Bhengu applauded Zulu’s swift action against the officials, saying corruption in government should be uprooted and those fingered in a forensic report should be criminally charged. According to Bhengu, during oversight visits between 2014 and 2017 to KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, the committee found that grants from the department that were meant for small, medium and micro-enterprises, as well as co-operatives, did not have a positive impact on the beneficiaries.
Bhengu said that former director-general Edith Vries only agreed after some time for the investigation to be done.
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